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Schedule Recurring Appointments from Existing Group Appointments

  1. Open NextGen® Enterprise PM.
  2. From the main toolbar, select ApptBook.
  3. In the Daily, Weekly, Weekly Schedule, or Multi-View, right-click an individual appointment scheduled as part of a group appointment, and then select Open > Group Appointment.
  4. To create additional recurring group appointments with the same details, select the Make Recurring link.
    The Recurring Appointment window opens.
  5. In the Next Occurrence field, select the date for the next group appointment in the recurring series.
  6. Select End after [n] Occurrences or End on [mm/dd/yyyy].
  7. In Occurs, select Daily, Weekly, Monthly, or Yearly for the occurrence frequency, and then enter the corresponding details.
  8. To display a message when a category conflict is found, select the Check for Conflicting Categories checkbox.
    This checkbox is selected by default.
    For example, the category on the time slot where a recurring appointment to be scheduled does not allow the event being scheduled.
  9. To exclude days designated as holidays in the Holidays tab of the Practice Preferences window, select the Exclude Holidays option.
  10. Select OK.
    Based on the selected recurrence parameters, a message appears that displays the total number of appointments scheduled for each patient in the group.
  11. Select Yes.
Schedule Recurring Appointments from Existing Group Appointments